Re: [Freedos-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: GRUB for DOS How-To

2005-01-07 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 30-Дек-2004 18:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: >> - what happen if I=B000-B800 will be used on system with mono adapter/mode? EA> Mapping is stronger than physical RAM, you could say, so the screen will EA> stay empty and the data which SHOULD go

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: GRUB for DOS How-To

2004-12-30 Thread 16BIT
Eric Auer wrote: Hi all, 1) Is it a bad practice to use the include monochrome area switch with MS-DOS and its EMM386? I think yes, unless you desperately need the 32k extra UMB space. [rest of text cut] This is obviously true. As far as my own computing, I rarely need that extra 32K in DOS. I

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: GRUB for DOS How-To

2004-12-30 Thread Michael Devore
At 06:16 PM 12/30/2004 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: Which reminds me that VDS should probably be on by default No. but on the other hand is probably not stable enouh for that yet? Cite? And, by the way, what exactly where the effects of the SB switch for EMM386? Would be cool if that stuff could be e

[Freedos-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: GRUB for DOS How-To

2004-12-30 Thread Eric Auer
Hi all, > 1) Is it a bad practice to use the include monochrome area switch with > MS-DOS and its EMM386? I think yes, unless you desperately need the 32k extra UMB space. Whenever part of the mono area is modified by something which wants to access the graphics card, you are in trouble. Normal